More Tom Swifties. (For example "I'll have a martini," said Tom, drily.) As ever, grovelling apologies for any re-runs.

Some of these are very clever and quite tough, so being all heart, I've given you first letter and length as a starter ·

-1. "I'll grant you three wishes," said Tom g-------.-2. "My former wife is cute," said Tom e-------.-3. "I just swallowed a fishing lure," said Tom with b----- b-----.-4. "I'm trying to get some air circulating up here in the loft," said Tom f----------.-5. "This is the most common programming language used on micros," said Tom b--------.-6. "This game bird tastes foul," Tom g------.-7. "This looks like the fruit of the blackthorn," said Tom s-----.-8. "I'm on social security," said Tom d--------.-9. "I invested in a hi-tech startup," Tom v-------.-10 "My previous girlfriend is doing movie sound effects work," said Tom, e-----------.

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Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that's not true. Some smaller countries are neutral.